Usually means: Military rank promotion without authority.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word brevet:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. brevet: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. brevet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brevet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brevet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brevet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brevet, brevet: Wordnik
  7. brevet: Wiktionary
  8. brevet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. brevet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. brevet: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Brevet, brevet: Dictionary.com
  12. brevet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Brevet (bicycle), Brevet (cycling), Brevet (disambiguation), Brevet (military): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Brevet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. brevet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. brevet: Rhymezone
  17. Brevet, brevet (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. brevet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. brevet: Free Dictionary
  20. brevet: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. brevet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. brevet: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. Brevet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. brevet: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brevet: A Word A Day
  2. brevet: Wordcraft Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brevet: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See breveted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (brevet)

noun:  A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
noun:  A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
noun:  (by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
noun:  An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
verb:  (military) To promote by brevet.

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